Genshin Impact: Reincarnation as a Hilichurl

"You clearly promised last time that you would mend your ways!"

"Hahaha, you believed the Treasure Stealing Group's words. They were just lies to avoid getting beaten."

Bennett shook his head in disappointment and said to the fallen treasure thieves, "Hand over your crow seals and leave here. Don't gather again and don't try to target the merchants of Winter Solstice."

"Slip away."

"I'll withdraw first."

"It's finally done." After a treasure hunter holding a shovel said this, he was stared at by other companions with strange eyes. He scratched his head and changed his words: "I will retreat first."

Wang Chen also stretched out his hand, waiting for the treasure-stealing group nearby to hand over the Crow Seal.

"I didn't expect that the hunter would become the hunted." The sharpshooter holding the crossbow fumbled around and took out a Tibetan silver crow seal.

Except for the three small leaders' crow seals which were silver-hiding crow seals, the crow seals of others were treasure-hunting crow seals. Wang Chen gave all the crow seals he had received to Bennett.

Two of the treasure-stealing groups ran away and came closer. Bennett shouted at them, "How dare you come closer? Are you planning to hold an illegal gathering again?"

The two people who had already run far away soon separated again, and ten people left in ten different directions.

"Why not kill them?" Wang Chen asked his question.

"Gah?"

"Why spare their lives?"

Knowing that Wang Chen lacked some knowledge necessary for an adventurer, Bennett explained, "In fact, thieves thousands of years ago not only sought wealth, but also killed people, and people's attitude towards them was to kill them all. But their forces were too scattered, and nearly half of them were hiding in various uninhabited ruins, making it difficult to eliminate them.

"If they are not completely eradicated, innocent people will suffer even greater retaliation. Even if huge manpower and material resources are used, the bandits will revive again within a few years. It is said that a thousand years ago, a king of thieves appeared. He made three rules with all countries: thieves are only for money and not for life, and countries are not allowed to take lives during their arrests."

"Then how can we ensure that thieves don't kill people?"

Bennett spread out the ten Crow Seals of the Treasure Stealers in his hand and said, "The King of Thieves used some special materials to make this Crow Seal. Only thieves recognized by him can get the Crow Seal. Those who hold the Crow Seal are called the Treasure Stealers.

"In this case, if the treasure-stealing group shields the murderer, it will cause the group to lose credibility and cause other treasure-stealing groups to lose their lives. And if countries kill the treasure-stealing group, it will break the rules and cause innocent people to lose their lives.

"Over time, those thieves who lived on the edge of a knife were gradually replaced by the treasure-stealing groups. Although some people were still robbed, as long as they reported it in time, there was a high probability that their property would be recovered before it was spent. And even if they were unable to hire guards, they would not lose their lives if they encountered the treasure-stealing groups."

"Oh, I didn't know about this." Wang Chen flipped through the book in his mind but found no relevant records.

Bennett smiled brightly and said, "This is what my fathers told me. But I heard that some of the gilded brigades in Inazuma and Xumi also kill and rob. There is even a small number of thieves in Mondstadt who do not follow the rules and are independent of the treasure-stealing groups."

"So we need them to hand in their crow seals to prove their identities?"

"Yes, and it must be handed in when the commission is settled."

Bennett and Wang Chen took to the main road. A few minutes away from here was the next hot air balloon escort mission.

Wang Chen continued to ask: "Could it be that someone has accumulated Crow Seals and accepted commissions and pretended to complete them?"

"There was such a person before, but the person who issued the commission seemed to have another verification method, and later that person's adventure certificate was revoked."

"Why does it feel like this client knows everything about the treasure-stealing group?"

"Maybe."

After speeding for a few minutes, a hot air balloon loaded with cargo appeared in sight. There was an operator waiting next to it. Bennett greeted him, "Hello, I'm not late, am I?"

"That's great, let's go."

The operator adjusted the hot air balloon a few times and started to move along the set path.

The route ahead was filled with Hilichurls and the obstacles they set up. Although Wang Chen was no longer a Hilichurl, the Hilichurls still recognized him, but they did not actively attack him.

But these hillbillies had to be eliminated, and Wang Chen could only try to make their deaths as painfully as possible.

The biggest characteristic of the Qiuqiu people is that they are not afraid of pain, death, and have strong vitality. Occasionally, those who were not killed by a single blow looked at Wang Chen in a daze, and finally uttered a sentence: "Yika. (Bad guy.)"

Wang Chen said in his heart: "Sorry."

There was no Abyss Mage. The most troublesome one was a wooden shield hillock thug. Although his wooden shield was set on fire by Bennett, he still tried to attack the hot air balloon.

Fortunately, he was led away by Bennett's provocation in the end, otherwise the goods would definitely be damaged before he was dealt with.

The hot air balloon operator took the hot air balloon away after passing a road inhabited by hill people.

It was already noon when Wang Chen and Bennett completed the last commission and returned to Mond City. Bennett refused Wang Chen's invitation, saying that he wanted to go home to cook for his fathers who needed care.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the two met at Dongfeng Square in the east of Mondstadt to conduct a confrontation drill.

This is the place recommended by Bennett. Most of his fathers live nearby, and he often practices martial arts here, so those who often come to the square are all acquaintances.

In pursuit of realism, both sides summoned elemental forces to protect their bodies and used wooden swords to attack, so that they could play seriously without getting hurt.

Under the guidance of many old adventurers, Bennett learned a lot of things, but the sword technique he used most often was the Good Luck Sword Technique.

Compared with the West Wind Sword Technique, the first three moves are also done in one go, the fourth move is a thrust, and only the last fifth move in the entire set of sword techniques involves a turning movement.

Wang Chen always felt that he had seen this sword technique used by others, so he asked casually, "I seem to have seen a similar sword technique somewhere."

Bennett attacked and replied, "This set of good luck swordsmanship was taught to me by Brother Kaia of the Knights. Do you know him too?"

Many characters in the Knights Templar are very popular, the most prominent of which are Amber and Kaeya, who are known to almost everyone in Mondstadt.

"Kaeya... I see. He and I are good friends who can share secrets with each other."

Wang Chen did a quick search and found that the Good Luck Sword Technique was exactly the same as the first four moves of Kaeya's Ceremonial Sword Technique. Kaeya's last move had a teleportation move that allowed him to flash behind the enemy.

After adding this move, none of Kaeya's swordsmanship exposed his back to the enemy, which was quite like his style.

Although his swordsmanship was different from Kaeya's, Bennett's basic skills were also quite superb. During the sparring process, Wang Chen was the one getting beaten most of the time. Whenever Wang Chen finally got used to it, Bennett could use other moves to suppress him.

This went on for the entire afternoon.

Wang Chen also prepared a bottle of recovery potion for Bennett. The two sat on a bench in the square and chatted.

Bennett mentioned his dream: "You said you wanted to travel to Teyvat. Actually, I also want to go... But I want to develop the Adventurers' Guild of Mondstadt into the most powerful guild in the Seven Kingdoms. This is the dream of the fathers!

"That's great, right? Then Benny's Adventure Group will definitely become the greatest adventure group!"

Wang Chen felt a pain in his heart as the sweet medicine went down his throat, and he thought of his parents.

"Bennett, you are lucky. My parents are no longer in this world, and as their child, I don't even know what their dreams are..."

Bennett was stunned, his five senses mixed together. This was the first time someone said he was lucky.

If you think about it carefully, indeed, what could be more fortunate than meeting the fathers?

At the same time, he felt sad for Wang Chen, but he was not good at speaking and didn't know how to comfort him. He could only drink the recovery potion silently like Wang Chen.

Wang Chen took the initiative to break this atmosphere:

“Although I will embark on a journey to Teyvat first, I hope to meet Benny’s Adventure Group on the way before the journey ends.

"Cheers to adventure, freedom and dreams!"

"cheers!"